The U.S. has transferred two Yemeni men imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay for nearly 14 years to Ghana in what experts have termed the Pentagon’s widening aperture of its diplomatic efforts to find home for its terror inmates.

The two prisoners are the first of 17 inmates from the Cuba-based prison in early 2016.

This marks the first time Ghana has taken a detainee from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Dozens of countries have received former Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Uganda and Cape Verde in Africa.

“We have indicated our readiness to accept them for a period of two years, after which they may leave the country,” Ghana’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

The detainees, Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby are Yemeni and both have been held since 2002 on suspicion of participating in hostilities against U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan.

Ghana has granted permission for the two men to remain in the country for two years subject to security clearances, said Foreign Minister Hanna Tetteh, adding that their activities would be monitored.

The West African nation is a stable democracy that prides itself on upholding humanitarian values and contributing to U.N. peacekeeping missions. Its population is largely Christian, but Islam is strong, particularly in the north of the country.

“Many countries have already taken people in such situations so it’s not out of the ordinary,” Ghana’s Communications Minister Edward Boamah told Reuters.

In addition to taking in the Yemenis, Ghana said two other people from Rwanda who were tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda will also be allowed to settle in the country.